Broom.



J. D.. BOND.

BROOM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2:, I917.

1 ,284,5?6 Patented N 0v. 12, 1918.

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J'QSEPH I). BOND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BROOM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application filed July 21, 1917. Serial No. 182,008.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. BOND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved form of broom, wherein a metal broom-head has rigidly secured centrally in the upper portion thereof a handle socket, and has frictionally engaged in the lower end thereof a cap in which the broom-corn or sweeping brush is rigidly secured, said broom-head being provided with stops to limit the inward movement of said cap, and with retaining lugs to engage the lower edge of said cap to hold the same in position.

It is an object of this invention to construct an improved broom comprising a head adapted to have removably engaged therein a handle and a sweeping brush.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a broom embracing a handle and a sweeper removably connected together by means of a socket and cap secured in opposite ends of a broom head.

Other and further important objects of the invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the drawings and specification.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure l is a front elevation of a broom embodying the principles ofthis invention, showing the upper and lower ends thereof broken away.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on line 22, of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a reduced section taken on line 33, of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view taken on line 4-4, of Fig. 3, with the broom head omitted.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section taken on line 55, of Fig. 1, with parts omitted.

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the handle socket, showing the retaining lugs bent outwardly.

Fig. 7 is a side elevational view of a modified form of broom, showing the ends thereof broken away.

As shown on the drawings The reference numeral 1, designates a broom-head the sides of which are parallel to one another while the ends converge upwardly toward each other, and together with said sides terminate in a neck 2. Each side of the head 1, has a long groove or indent formed therein about half way between the upper and lower ends of said head and parallel to the lower edges of the sides to form stops, ribs or detents 3, on the inner surfaces of the sides of the head. Two parallel slots are cut centrally in each of the sides of the head parallel to the ribs 3, between said ribs and the neck 2, and the portions of the sides between said slots are depressed inwardly to afiord attaching straps 4.

A cylindrical handle socket 5, having a plurality of inclined threads 6, formed on opposite sides of the inner surface of said socket, is engaged in the neck 2, and in the upper end of the head 1. The upper end of the socket 5, is bent outwardly and downwardly to form a flange or rim 7, adapted to engage over the upper end of the neck 2,

to hold the socket in position. To prevent the socket from being pulled out of the neck 2, retaining lugs 8, are integrally formed on the inner end of the socket o, opposite each other, and engage through the slots forming the straps 4, and to the outside thereof and are then bent inwardly and upwardly around said straps to securely hold the socket in position to permit a broom handle 9, threaded at its lower end to be removably threaded into said socket.

A brush or sweeper 10, made of broomcorn, fiber or any other suitable material is folded or doubled over a stirrup or wire 11, the ends of which project upwardly through suitable apertures formed near each end in the top of a cap 12, and are bent inwardly toward one another to lie flat upon the top of said cap with the folded end of the sweeper drawn tightly up against the inner face of the top of the cap as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. To further hold the sweeper 10, and the stirrup 11, associated with the cap 12, a retaining wire 13, engages laterally through the upper central portion of the sweeper 10, below the stirrup 11, and has the ends thereof projecting upwardly through suitable apertures formedcentrally in the top of the cap 12, near each side thereof. The ends of the retaining wire 13, are bent over to lie adjacent one another etween the ends of the stirrup 11, and fiat upon the top of the cap. lVith the sweeper rigidly secured in the cap 12, the cap, which flares outwardly at the ends thereof, is trictionally and tightly engaged in the lower end of the head 1, and is forced upwardly therein until the top of the cap engages the stops 3, in which position the lower edges of the cap are flush with the lower edges of the head 1. To removably but securely hold the cap and sweeper within the head 1, a plurality of lugs or projections l t. integrally formed on the lower edges of the head 1, are bent inwardly and upwardly around the lower edges of the cap 12.

In the modified form of broom shown in Fig. 7, the construction of the parts is pra tica-lly the same as that already described, except that a head 15, is used having a brush 10, secured in the lower end thereof, and a neck 16, integrally formed on the upper end thereof, which is bent or curved rearwardly and upwardly and has a handle socket 5, secured therein to removably receive the handle 9, thus forming a broom adapted to be pushed and used as a brush.

From the construction of the broom it will be seen that in case the sweeper l0. wears out, that the same may be removed and replaced by simply bending back the lugs let, and removing the cap 12, and the retaining wires 11 and 13.

I am aware that various details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my inrention:-

l. A broom comprising a head, a handle removably engaged in one end thereof, a cap within the other end of said head, a stirrup secured to said cap, a retaining wire with the ends projecting through the top of said cap and bent to hold the stirrup associated with the cap, a sweeper removably secured in said cap engaged by said stirrup, and ribs integrally termed on the inner surface of said head to limit the inward movement of said cap.

2. In a broom of the class described, a head, attaching straps integral, therewith, a threaded socset within said head, means formed on the lower end of the socket adapted to engage said attaching straps to rigidly hold said socket inposition, a handle removably threaded into said socket, and a brush removably secured in said head.

3. In a broom. of the class described, a head, stops integrally formed in said head, a cap within said head engaging said stops to limit the inward movement thereof, a sweeper engaged therein, a stirrup engagi said cap and sweeper for securely llOlClluiI the same associated one with the other, and lugs formed on said head adapted to engage said cap to rigidly hold said cap and sweeper connected with said head.

a. In a broom of the class described, a head, a handle connected therewith, a cap rigidly secured in said head, sweeper means engaged in said cap, a wire stirrup engaging said sweeper means and said cap to hold the same secured together, and a retaining wire engaging said cap and wire stirrup to furher securely hold the sweeper means assoiated with said cap.

5. In a broom of the class described, a head, a cap therein, attaching straps integral therewith, a threaded socket within said head, means formed thereon adapted to engage said attaching straps to rigidly hold said socket in position, a handle reinovahly threaded into said socket, a stirrup having ends projecting through apertures in said cap and bent inwardly toward one another for securing said stirrup to said cap, a sweeper in said cap folded over said stirrup, and a retaining wire having ends projecting through the cap and bent to secure said sweeper in position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH D. BOND.

lVitnesses FRED E. PAnsLnR, EARL M. Hannmn.

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